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'Patience Of This Court Is Now Wearing Thin' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Centre For Not Submitting Proposal To Monitor Litigation In Revenue Matters
The patience of this Court is now wearing thin by the failure of the Union Government to come forward with any concrete response, the Supreme Court remarked while directing the Central Government to submit a concrete plan of action for monitoring the litigation in revenue matters.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that proposal for adopting a technology based solution...
BREAKING : Centre Introduces Constitutional Amendment Bill To Restore States' Power To Identify SEBCs
The Central Government introduced in the Lok Sabha today the Constitution (One hundredth and twenty seventh amendment) Bill 2021 to restore the power of State Governments to identify and specify Socially and Economically Backward Classes(SEBCs), which was lost after Supreme Court's 3:2 judgment in the Maratha quota case.In the said case, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had held by...
COVID-Supreme Court Directs Centre To Place On Record The Final Report Of National Task Force On Scientific Allocation Of Liquid Oxygen
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union of India to place on record the final report of the National Task Force appointed by it to formulate a methodology for scientific allocation of liquid medical oxygen to all the states/UTs amid the COVID 2nd wave together with an 'Action Taken Report' indicating the steps which have been taken to implement the report of the NTF.The bench of...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Disclosure Of Clinical Trial & Efficacy Data Of COVID Vaccines; Refuses To Halt Compulsory Vaccination Mandate
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) seeking public disclosure of clinical trial data and post vaccination efficacy data of COVID vaccines, as is required by International medical norms, and to stop the coercive mandate issued by various governments for vaccination.The Court issued notice to the Union of India, the Indian Council of Medical...
'Illegal Selection Process': Supreme Court Directs Kerala University To Appoint Candidate Who Was Denied Lecturer Post 14 Years Ago
The Supreme Court directed Kerala University to appoint a candidate who was illegally denied the post of Lecturer in Department Of Education in the selection process held 14 years ago.The bench of Justices KM Joseph and S. Ravindra Bhat clarified that Bindu TV, the candidate will not be entitled to arrears of salary. Instead she will be entitled to notional fixation and fitment in her grade...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Direct State Boards To Refund Exam Fee For Cancelled Class 10, 12 Exams
The Supreme Court has refused to direct state boards to refund the exam fee collected from students in respect of the Class 10, 12 exams which were cancelled on account of COVID-19.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari rejected the prayer saying that the issue does not "merit consideration".The bench approved the stand taken by state boards about their inability...
CBSE, CISCE Inform Supreme Court About Schedule For Improvement, Compartment, Private, Patrachar Exams; Results By September End
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) have informed the Supreme Court about the schedule for their improvement, compartment, private and patrachar examinations.The schedule indicated by I.C.S.E in its affidavit reads thus:-"The following schedule for the afore stated "Improvement Examinations" will...
Condition Of Pre-deposit Of Fine Amount Cannot Be Imposed To Hear Revision Petition Filed By Convict: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that deposit of fine amount cannot be made a condition precedent for hearing revision petition under Section 397 of the Criminal Procedure Code.In this case, the accused was convicted for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, was sentenced to fine in the sum of Rs.6,00,000/-. It was also stipulated that the stipulation that in the event...
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, August 2 To August 8, 2021
JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Emergency Arbitration Award Enforceable In Indian Law : Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Amazon In Case Against Future RetailCase: Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC vs. Future Retail Limited ; CA 4492-4493 OF 2021Citation: LL 2021 SC 357The Supreme Court this week ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon in its dispute with Future Retail Limited(FRL) over...
Are Children From Second Marriage Entitled To Share In Ancestral Property?: Supreme Court Issues Notice
Whether children from a second marriage would have a share in ancestral property? The Supreme Court issued notice in a special leave petition which raised this issue.In this case, the petitioner had approached the Apex Court challenging a High Court observation that the children should not inherit a share in the property of their grandmother since they were born out of 'the second...